*Pictured with Scott Gunderson, her co-host on “A Penthouse View” 
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Janet Lee Henderson’s great-grandfather, Francisco Garcia, was a pioneer in cigar manufacturing in West Tampa, New York City, and Havana, Cuba. Her great, great grandfather, W. B. Henderson, was a Tampa cattle baron and city pioneer. Another great grandfather was the first postmaster general for Port Tampa and her great grandmother, Mabel Bean, was a spy for Teddy Roosevelt in the Spanish/American War, taking secret messages by bicycle from the Tampa Bay Hotel (University of Tampa) to the fort at Port Tampa. Her grandmother was a Ziegfeld Follies Girl in New York City in the 1920‘s. Hmmmm.
Janet is a sixth generation Tampan, with family roots that stretch from one end of this community to the other. The first woman in Hillsborough County to be invited to join the downtown Rotary Club (1989), Ms. Henderson is a well-connected and respected member of the Tampa business community.
Her past life work experiences include management positions with Hill & Knowlton, International Public Relations and Public Affairs Counseling Firm, where she also conducted speaker and media training sessions; legislative aide work for Florida State Senator Helen Gordon Davis; and corporate spokesperson roles with GTE Corporation and its cellular division GTE Cellular Communications (now Verizon). She created a public relations division at Paradigm Communications, where she also managed marketing, advertising, and sales promotions for clients such as the Tampa-Hillsborough County Convention and Visitors Association and projects with The Florida Aquarium, MOSI and Busch Gardens. The award-winning “Tampa, What A Great Idea” logo and marketing campaign (introduced in 1994 and still in use today) was created under her account stewardship. In addition, Janet was head of the Technophone cellular telephone account which became a division of Nokia Mobile Phones. See the list of past and present clients. Should you have specific questions of what we did for whom, just contact us and we‘ll tell you all about it!
A single mother, Ms. Henderson has been a dedicated school volunteer, helping to create a charter school in Brevard, N.C., and serving as president of the parent teacher group for several years. She also chaired school fundraising activities including golf tournaments, festivals and reading for fun programs. She was a member of the Junior League of Tampa, a past board member for Tampa Crossroads and the March of Dimes and received the Distinguished Sales Award from the Sales & Marketing Executives. She has been a Girl Scout Leader for over seven years and has served as the PR consultant (pro bono) for Voices for Children, the fundraising arm for the Guardian ad Litem program in Tampa and for the Tampa Chapter of the American Cancer Society and its annual Cattle Barons‘ Ball. She currently serves as chair of the downtown Rotary public relations committee and is a board member for the Artists‘ & Writers‘ Foundation and annual Ball.
What can she do for you?
So much! See our services page for more info.